The Golden Silence (MIRA) (Book 3 in the Alex Mavros trilogy) (An Alex Mavros Thriller) [Paperback]

'Dark, terrifying and still shadowed by its past, [Greece] is a city that nurses its secrets until the tenacious Alex Mavros rips the curtain aside. This is a grippingly good read.' --Val McDermind

'Packed with suspense, intrigue and original storylines...With this gripping, vicious thriller, Paul Johnston proves yet again why he deserves his place on the crime-writing pedestal beside Ian Rankin and Quintin Jardine.' --Daily Record

'A fast-paced book that keeps twisting and turning.' --Morning Star

'fast-moving and exciting, delving into the criminal hierarchy of Athens' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'This book is original and high-paced . . . Johnston deserves to be a bestseller with this one.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'...Johnston proves yet again why he deserves his place on the crime-writing pedestal beside Ian Rankin and Quintin Jardine' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

'...this new series is proving to be Paul Johnston’s most trenchant work yet.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Evil lives in modern-day Athens. When private investigator Alex Mavros is asked to trace a missing teenage immigrant from the former Soviet Union, he doesn't see any link with the plague of violent killings afflicting Athens.As he follows the trail to the missing girl, Mavros encounters the terrifying enforcers known as the Father and Son. He discovers that the present day killings have their roots in the brutal military dictatorship; and that he has put himself and the woman he loves in mortal danger...

When half-Greek, half-Scots private investigator Alex Mavros is asked to trace a missing teenager, an immigrant of the former Soviet Union, he doesn't see any connection with the recent plague of violent killings afflicting Athens.

As his search plunges him deep into the intricate network of underground crime, he is confronted by a wall of gang-inspired silence. One lead, however, takes him into a criminal organisation trading in illegal antiquities. As he follows the trail to the missing girl, he discovers that the present day killings have their roots in the brutal civil war. And that he has put himself in grave danger... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Paul Johnston was born in Edinburgh and studied Greek at Oxford. Paul now divides his time between the UK and Greece.